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Dial Alpine 6-3111 WISCONSIN STATE TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1961 PAGE 2, SECTION 2 Carole Tregoff Obituaries Yacht Club Plat or ironing Rejected Undergoes Surgery LOS ANGELES (UPD-Carole Tregoff, 24, convicted along wish Dr. Bernard Finch of first-degree murder in the death of the surgeon's wife, has undergone major surgery for removal of a tumor and already is able to resume her prison duties, it was disclosed Monday. The women's institution at Co-rflna said state physicians the surgery "more than two weeks ago" after the non-malignancy was discovered in routine examinations. Mrs. Tina Mathison EDGERTON Mrs.

Tina Mathison; 87, Edgerton, died Sunday (July 23, 1961) in an Edgerton hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Central Lutheran Church, Edgerton Among her survivors are a sis ter, Mrs. Nettie Anderson, Madi son, and a brother, Anton Hoken- stad, 4316 Major ave. George Mucks Services Today Funeral services for George Langdon Mucks, 39, Oakland who died unexpectedly Friday in Oakland, will be held today in Truman's funeral home, Oakland.

He was the brother of Arlie Mucks 1101 Glendale lane, head of the Madison Chamber of Commerce's promotions and con-l vention divisions. Other survivors include his wife. the former Norma Lindau; three sons, George Gregory, and Jimmy, and a daughter. Chris tine, all at home; and his parents. Mr.

and Mrs. Arlie Mucks Oshkosh. Mrs. Anna Pittsley Mrs. Anna E.

Pittsley, 79, Marion formerly of Madison died Monday (July 24, 1961) in a Marlon hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Pittsley was born in Bos- cobel in 1882. She. lived in Madi son from 1914 to 1946.

Survivors include three daugh ters, Mrs. Robert Rideour, Marion; Mrs. Thomas Arietta, Milwaukee; and Mrs. Theresa Goszkowicx, Milwaukee; a son, Lawrence, 1245 Rutledge st; brother, Roy O'Kene, Prairie du Chien; and one grandchild. The body will be brought to the Frautschi funeral home, 120 E.

Wilson st Mrs. Charles Murphy Mrs. Charles E. Murphy, 2440 Fox died St home Monday, (July 24, 1961) after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m.

Thursday in the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2131 Rowley with the Rev. Clement Collins, O. officiating. Burial will be in St. James: Cemetery, Dayton (Green county).

The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Joyce funeral home, 540 W. Washington where friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs.

Murphy was born at Brooklyn and had been a Madison resident for the past 33 years. She was a member of the church and its Rosatry and Altar societies. She also belonged to the Catholic Women's Club. Surviving are her husband; four sisters, Mrs. Carrie Smith, Davenport, Mrs.

Will Lamb, Brook lyn; Mrs. Loretta O'Brien, Denni- son, and Mrs. J. V. Eagen, Belleville.

Mrs. Minnie Greqor Mrs. Minnie Gregor, 75, of 2218 Rusk st, died Monday (July 24, 1961) in a Madison hospital after a long illness. Formerly of Galena, 111., she lived with her sister, Mrs. Charles Phiede, 2218 Rusk st.

for 13 years. Her husband, John, died in 1947. Her sister survives. Friends may call at the Gunder-son funeral home, 1936 Winnebago st from 7 to tonight. Funeral services and burial will be held Wednesday in Galena, 111.

FIIEIXL ROME The fourth attempt to win ap proval of a residential development on the northwest shore of Lake Waubesa failed Monday night as the city plan commission unanimously rejected a request to rezone part of the controversial Yacht club plat. The developers, turned down three times in efforts to plat all er part of the 109-acre tract, asked this time for residential zoning on nine lake front acres. The land now has agricultural zoninj that requires three' acres for bouse. Charg es Vnfainees Atty. Joseph Helli, representing the developers, said residential de velopment was economically unfeasible under the present zoning.

He said it was unfair to prohibit residential development of the area until the eity'a urban areas expand that far. He urged the commission either to rezone the area or void the Susan, 4, Looks in Trunk, Finds Some Firemen Susan Polkowski, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Polkowski, 4610 Windigo trail, treasure hunting Monday afternoon and ended up being a part of the "treasure" in a locked steamer truck in the "basement of their borne.

Susan, while playing with her sister, Jeanette, 7, climbed in the large trunk and the lid fell shut and locked. Jeanette yelled for her mother who was in the ground.Door kitchen. Mrs. Polkowski called the fire department and then began searching for the trunk key. When firemen from No.

company arrived, she had found the key and released Susan. Susan was happy about the whole affair, thanks to the calmness of her mother. Mrs. Polkowski forced herself to talk calmly to Susan inside the trunk so as not to frighten her. "She thought it was all a game," her mother reported.

And besides that, Susan was fascinated by the firemen and their big red trucks. 50 Hurt as Train Hits Georgia Freight MACON, Ga. (UPI)-The. cen tral of Georgia's crack passenger train Hanks, barreling through middle Georgia toward the Savannah, slammed head-on! into a freight train at a small switch station near here Monday night There were no deaths reported, but at least 50 passengers were injured in the collision which derailed the two diesel engines and a mail car on the streamliner. A number of doctors and nurses administered first aid at the scene MADISON BANK TRUST CO.

327 WEST IBRNSai WNIN AM OraiMTINS BlUlI 4 Truck-Car Crash Kills 4 in State DURAND VH The fiery coltt-sion of a loaded cattle truck and an automobile Monday night claimed the lives of four persons, including two young women. Buffalo County Sheriff Glen Davis identified the girls as Bobbie Joe Wekken, 17, and Clarice Linse, 18, both of rural Durand. Davis said he had not been able to identify the two persons in the truck, which carried a license ia sued to John Wiernasz of Stanley. The tractor of the truck burst into flames and the cab was reduced to a mound of molten wreckage two feet high, the sheriff said. The trailer was not damaged seriously and the 65 head of cattle it carried escaped without injury.

TROOP ELECTION Members of Boy Scout Troop 19, ef Luther Memorial Church, elected committee chairmen at a reorganization meeting last week. Robb Taylor, 1919 Jefferson is scoutmaster and Herbert Smith, 122 Craig is assistant scoutmaster. Dirwii Urstt ST1EET AMBULANCE tWVICt SlNCt 1SS5 7 1- ofhe nation's leading lift lJ imJt L. MELLI CLARK 19S0 annexation which brought it into the city, "so the people who own it can put it to its maximum economic use. Plan Director Kenneth K.

Clark again opposed residential devel opment of the area. He said it is too far from other urban areas to be served properly in such matters as streets or schools. Opposition to the rezoning also Father of Fire Victims Charged at Ft. Atkinson JEFFERSON Jefferson coun ty Dist. Atty.

Robert Shier Monday charged with child neglect Milo Benson, 23, Ft Atkinson, father of the three children who died in a fire Saturday at home Justice William Brandel bound Shier over for a preliminary hearing scheduled for Aug. 11, and set Benson bond at $300. Benson was taken to the Jeffer son county jail when he failed to produce bail. Benson was found asleep In his car parked front of the burning house. His wife, Darlene, 22, was in a downtown tavern.

They told authorities they had had an argument earlier and that BenJ son had left the bouse to visit relatives in Jefferson. Shier said no charges had yet been filed against Mrs. Benson, but that his investigation was con tinuing. He said that the inquiry into the cause of the fire was still continuing, and that the fire mar shals have discarded the possibili ty that the fire was caused, by lightning or defective wiring. He said that arson had been ruled out as a possibility, but that the investigation would continue1 until the source of the blaze could be determined.

Grissom Named Honorary Mayor NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Capt. Virgil I. Grissom, Ameri ca's second man in space, Mon day was named honorary mayor of Newport News and had the city's newest branch library named in his honor. This city, home of the Grissom family, Monday began to pay official homage to its adopted son.

J.U meets and beats any savings plan in Madison came from the owners of farm land between the lake shore property and existing city services, who expressed the fear mat re-zoning would result in costly special assessments for sewer and water on their property! Further Study Set The commission ordered further study of a request by about a dozen area residents to rezone property in the 6200 block of Uni versity ave. from commercial to residential, to make it conform to nearby zoning on the south side -of the street. An office build ing for the architectural firm of Klund and Associates is cur rently being built on the parcel, which is adjacent to the west city limits. Jack Klund, 14 S. Blackhawk said that he has designed the building to fit in with the residential neighborhood nearby, Klund's parcel was rezoned to commercial by the county in 1956, before annexation proceedings were final.

Property across Uni versity in the village of MkkUeton, is also zoned com mercial. Fir SUQoa Plan. OU The commission approved plans for the No. 10 fire station, which will be located on the east side of the intersection of Troy and Northport drs. Troy dr.

will be relocated slightly to improve the site. Bids on the one-story ranch-i style station will be opened Aug, 22. The commission also: ONE. Approved commercial zoning for a 116 by 338 foot plot owned by the McKay nursery, to add depth to the firm's property east of the Gardner Baking Co on E. Washington ave.

so it can be sold for commercial uses. TWO. Rezoned from heavy to light commercial the property at 2725 E. Broadway recently va cated by the Stardust restaurant. THREE.

Approved an option to purchase property at 1915 E. John son st. needed for the improve ment of Highway 113, for $14,500, FOUR. Approved a 144-unit, six-building group housing proj ect at Cypress Way and Hughes Pi- Randv Lee Smith, 7. Leaves Hospital MONROE Randy Lee smith, 7, the sole survivor of a car-tram accident that killed his parents two sisters, and a brother, has been released from a Monroe hos pital and taken to the home of his maternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert Kubly, rural Albany. The accident happened June 24 when the Smiths' car crashed into a slow-moving Milwaukee Road freight train on Highway 59 east of Albany. The parents were Mr. and Mrs.

John Smith, Rt. 2, Evansville. His brother and sisters were Roger, Tommy, and Becky, Hearing Aids Experienced Licensed Staff Prices Plainly Marked, Appropriate te All Family Circumstance Serving All Faiths Today's Funerals In Madison Mrs. Thomas G. Welch, at 9 a.m., St Patrick's Catholic -Church, 404 E.

Main st. Matthew L. Weber, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Weber, 1877 E.

Mam st, at 10 a.m., Resurrection cemetery. Deaths in Area Beloit Mrs. Vincent Flynn, 82, died Sunday at home. Beloit Wallace Swedburg, 20, Beloit, died in a Navy hospital at Bremerton, Wash. Janesville W.

Henry Brace, 50, Rt 2, died in a hospital here Monday. Wunsh Services Graveside funeral services for Nathan Wunsh, 70, Plum City (Pierce who died in a Madison hospital Sunday (July 23, 1961), will be held at 11 a.m. today at Forest Hill cemetery, Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker, of Beth Israel CenteT, will officiate, Surviving are two sons, Abra ham, Cherry, Bernard, Chi cago, and IS grandchildren Mrs. O. C.Ross DARLINGTON Mrs.

O. C. Ross 84, died at home here Sunday (July 23, 1961). Funeral services will be held Thursday in St Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Indianapolis, Ind. Survivors include two brothers, W.

B. Bowden, 2130 Chadbourne and Thomas 216 Virginia terrace, both of Madison. i TO Fw 60 "I The popular Dollar for Dollar Savings Account now available at the Madison Bank and Trust Company features out standing benefits for every depositor age 1-60 from $1 to $3000. In addition to all the advantages of matching life insurance, regular 2 interest payment mean yon receive BOTH income and life insurance HERE'S HOW YOU GET UP TO 3 I i Are Only A fxttritr view of the FnuttcKl Funeral Hame. Attendants are present at II hours in the funeral home itself and a licensed member of the stiff lives In in apartment upttain.

MR. JOHN DOE-AGE 55 -WITH A $1,000 DEPOSIT ANNUAL VALUI 2 interest $20.00 2 Insurance value if purchased as an individual $25.00 2ft Total Annual VALUE V' -V $45.00 4'a Call FRAUTSCHFS Ho cost to yo for insurance No minimum depose 0ruontinues" Current addition to msui Cort to purchote limilar Insurance companies. type lift insurance from one with confidence pfcys.cal ex. required until age 3 RBOULAR SAVINGS ACCOUNT Any age eligible $1 minimum deposit deposit or withdraw at any time interest payable twke per year: December 1st and Jane 1st istablished In 1169 Central Location Family Rooms Sound System Icautlful Chapel and Completely Air Conditioned insurance pay I heirs Madison Bank Trust Co. 23 WEST MAIN STRICT MEMftEt Of rtOEUl DEPCSfT CORPORAflOM Frautschi Funeral Home Member National Selected Morticians John H.

Sonants, Managing Director Ssl, FBATSOHI'S, INC. Lowell twraUcki, Pceeirlent 120 E. WILSON ST. Alpine S-297T.

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